Socially-responsible investing is not about short-term gains, says Union Investment’s sustainability chief Florian Sommer, it’s about divining future business trends and working out which companies are best able to adapt.
Integrating ESG into the investment process is easier said than done and will vary from one team to another, according to industry experts.
Despite a raft of surveys trumpeting the benefits of sustainable investment policies, investors are still reluctant. So, what needs to change to secure their buy-in and is the revolution already underway?
Impact investing is being touted as an alternative to environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies which are failing to live up to their ethical hype.
XPS Pensions Group’s chief investment officer, Simeon Willis, considers the shift in asset owners’ views and what industry kitemarks really tell you about asset managers.
In the first in a weekly series of consultant interviews, ESG Clarity asked Aon’s head of Responsible Investing, Tim Manuel, about the sustainable concerns on his clients’ minds.
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named several companies it will vote against and divest across its entire range of equity funds for failing to address climate change. Click through the slides to find out who has been targeted.
A series of proposed legislative changes look set to transform how European investors assess the climate risks in their portfolios.
The opening of the China A-shares market to foreign investors provides a window for China-focused funds to push ESG criteria into greater prominence in the world’s second largest economy.
Socially-responsible investing trend could have a significant long-term impact on the corporate sector, says Folksam head of fund selection Susanne Bolin-Gärtner.
The European Commission has set out its legislative strategy to turn the region into a global leader in sustainable finance.
Thierry Bogaty explores how Ecolabel criteria for funds may look
